Price the gap between your sheet's wage base and the 2026 figure
Catch a payroll spreadsheet that still caps wages at last year's state unemployment wage base
Official 2026 taxable wage base
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$
Wages your sheet never taxed, per worker
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$
SUI tax gap per worker
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$
Total SUI tax gap
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$
Verdict
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Days until the caps change again
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days
Keep this result: .csv export for the filing file + the January 1, 2027 re-check alarm
$60 once · one licence key per person or team seat · A US payroll accountant charges $75 to $150 an hour to re-check state wage-base caps.
2026 wage-base table, 12 states Holds the official 2026 SUI taxable wage base for CA, TX, FL, AZ, CO, IL, MN, NJ, NV, OR, UT and WA, plus a field for any other state.
Prices the gap in dollars Turns the difference between your sheet's cap and the 2026 cap into untaxed wages per worker, SUI tax per worker and a total for the workers who cross the cap.
Underpaid or overpaid verdict Says in one line whether a stale cap means you underpaid SUI (state assessment and interest) or overpaid it (cash sitting at the state).
Days to the next cap change Counts the days from your check date to January 1, 2027, when every state resets its taxable wage base again.
CSV export for the filing file Paid layer: writes the checked state, both caps, the rate and the totals to a .csv you keep with the quarterly return.
January 1 re-check alarm Paid layer: sets a browser alarm on the next cap change date so the same sheet gets re-checked when the new figures land.